Michael Harrison Facebook ad: “Medical-grade skincare ruined my face. BEEF FAT fixed it.”

Ran for 1 day, from January 15 to January 16, 2026, the last day Crush saw it.
Run by Michael Harrison on Facebook. Crush is not the advertiser and does not verify its claims. See this ad in Meta's Ad Library(opens in a new tab)
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About this ad
- Meta Ad Library ID
- 1619622762794989
- Platforms
- Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger and Threads
- Relaunches
- 1
- EU reach
- 32
- Niche
- Skincare & Beauty
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I'm 44 and I did everything the "right" way. Went to a dermatologist. Got medical-grade products. Followed the prescription exactly. Tretinoin. Prescribed by a professional. "Clinically proven" for anti-aging. Used it for 6 months. My face peeled. Burned. Got drier and more irritated. But it was "medical-grade," so I trusted it. My wife bought me the fancy stuff. The ones with clinical studies. The ones dermatologists recommend. CeraVe. Cetaphil. La Roche-Posay. All "dermatologist-approved." My bathroom had products with ingredients I needed a chemistry degree to pronounce. Hyaluronic acid. Niacinamide. Ceramides. Peptides. All the science. All the credentials. All the clinical backing. And my face looked worse every month. Drier. More lines. Red and irritated. Older than it should. I looked in the mirror and didn't recognize myself. Then my buddy told me what his grandfather used. For 40 years. Never had a skincare routine. Face looked great until he died at 83. Four ingredients: Beef tallow. Honey. Olive oil. Beeswax. My first thought: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Medical-grade products failed. And he's telling me to use beef fat? But I was desperate. And honestly, the "medical-grade" stuff clearly wasn't working. Week 1: The burning stopped. My skin felt normal for the first time in months. Week 2: The redness faded. The tight, uncomfortable feeling disappeared. Week 3: My wife said my face looked healthier. Less weathered. The lines around my eyes were softer. One month in, I looked better than I did before any of the "medical-grade" products. No 15-letter ingredients. No clinical studies. No dermatologist approval. Just four things humans have used for thousands of years. Turns out "medical-grade" and "clinically proven" doesn't mean it works. It just means a pharmaceutical company can patent it and charge you $200 per tube. Now I use one jar. Takes 30 seconds. Morning and night. My face looks better at 44 than it did at 42. If your expensive, medical-grade products aren't working: It's not your skin. It's the chemicals. Bare Ritual Beef Tallow Balm No medical degree required. Just better skin.
Where the ad sends people
bare-ritual.com
Medical-grade skincare ruined my face. BEEF FAT fixed it.
A guy sits down across from me—successful, takes care of himself, probably works out—and says: "I've tried everything for my skin. Nothing works. It all just sits there feeling greasy while my face still looks like shit."
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